Sméagol is well known for being the nicer half of the pair of minds inhabiting the body of a tortured hobbit. Today, we’re delving into the kinder half of his psyche with a $25 self-sacrifice landfall deck all about the temptations of the ring...
Read moreThe Lord of the Rings’ first venture into the world of Magic: The Gathering brought with it every classic character from the novels, including heroes, villains, and ents. So many ents. Today we’re building around one of the most recognizable...
Read moreSauron, Lord of the Rings helms the Hosts of Mordor preconstructed deck to great success. What if you don’t want all the mess of the precon, and instead want a powered-up Sauron deck that packs a lot more punch? This, then, is the perfect deck...
Read moreLet’s dive into a Commander deck with the primary object of delivering justice to these new wraiths and finding a home to play nine copies of the mythical Nazgûl in Commander.
Read moreAs one of the most important characters in Lord of the Rings, Frodo Baggins obviously gets a lot of focus in this set, making it possible to create a deck that largely follows his journey across Middle-earth. That’s what I’ve tried to do with...
Read moreSo how has The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth (LTR) played out so far, and what should you do to win more games? I’ll be guiding you through a general format overview, picking out the best (and worst) cards in the set, as well as giving...
Read moreWhen Vintage was first announced as a playable format on Magic Online (MTGO), MTG players wondered how people would play without the most powerful cards in the format? Cards like the famous Power Nine and other Vintage staples weren’t available...
Read moreEvery Commander player knows the joy of playing with a group hug player. That one person who serenades the table and gives out gifts with Zedruu the Greathearted or Kynaios and Tiro of Meletis, spreading joy with extra cards and mana from things...
Read moreMTG Arena has become the place to play MTG online, and it supports a wide variety of formats between Standard, Explorer, and Limited. These formats are usually played against real opponents online, and those opponents play good decks and good...
Read moreAlchemy brought digital designs to MTG. While they’ve had mixed responses, it doesn’t look like they’re going anywhere any time soon.
Read moreEvery so often, tucked away in the 99 of a Commander precon, is an alternate commander that’s actually better than the deck’s face card. We got another example of this with the LotR Commander decks: Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant.
Read moreSadly we’re not here to hear me rant on and on about LotR and Tolkien’s greater body of work. We’re here to take a look at Magic’s Tales of Middle-earth precon EDH decks.
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